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.Dd August 25, 2025
.Dt ZFS-LIST 8
.Os
.
.Sh NAME
.Nm zfs-list
.Nd list properties of ZFS datasets
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm zfs
.Cm list
.Op Fl r Ns | Ns Fl d Ar depth
.Op Fl Hp
.Op Fl j Op Ar --json-int
.Oo Fl o Ar property Ns Oo , Ns Ar property Oc Ns … Oc
.Oo Fl s Ar property Oc Ns …
.Oo Fl S Ar property Oc Ns …
.Oo Fl t Ar type Ns Oo , Ns Ar type Oc Ns … Oc
.Oo Ar filesystem Ns | Ns Ar volume Ns | Ns Ar snapshot Oc Ns …
.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
By default, all file systems and volumes are displayed, with the following
fields:
.Sy name , Sy used , Sy available , Sy referenced , Sy mountpoint .
Snapshots are displayed if the
.Sy listsnapshots
pool property is
.Sy on
.Po the default is
.Sy off
.Pc
or if the
.Fl t Sy snapshot
or
.Fl t Sy all
options are specified.
.Bl -tag -width "-H"
.It Fl H
Used for scripting mode.
Do not print headers, and separate fields by a single tab instead of arbitrary
white space.
.It Fl j , -json Op Ar --json-int
Print the output in JSON format.
Specify
.Sy --json-int
to print the numbers in integer format instead of strings in JSON output.
.It Fl d Ar depth
Recursively display any children of the dataset, limiting the recursion to
.Ar depth .
A
.Ar depth
of
.Sy 1
will display only the dataset and its direct children.
.It Fl o Ar property
A comma-separated list of properties to display.
Each property must be:
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
One of the properties described in the
.Sx Native Properties
section of
.Xr zfsprops 7
.It
A user property
.It
The value
.Sy name
to display the dataset name
.It
The value
.Sy space
to display space usage properties on file systems and volumes.
This is a shortcut for specifying
.Fl o Ns \ \& Ns Sy name , Ns Sy avail , Ns Sy used , Ns Sy usedsnap , Ns
.Sy usedds , Ns Sy usedrefreserv , Ns Sy usedchild
.Fl t Sy filesystem , Ns Sy volume .
.El
.It Fl p
Display numbers in parsable
.Pq exact
values.
.It Fl r
Recursively display any children of the dataset on the command line.
.It Fl s Ar property
A property for sorting the output by column in ascending order based on the
value of the property.
The property must be one of the properties described in the
.Sx Properties
section of
.Xr zfsprops 7
or the value
.Sy name
to sort by the dataset name.
Multiple properties can be specified to operate together using multiple
.Fl s
or
.Fl S
options.
Multiple
.Fl s
and
.Fl S
options are evaluated from left to right to supply sort keys in
decreasing order of priority.
Property types operate as follows:
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
Numeric types sort in numeric order.
.It
String types sort in alphabetical order.
.It
Types inappropriate for a row sort that row to the literal bottom,
regardless of the specified ordering.
.El
.Pp
If no sort columns are specified, or if two lines of output would sort
equally across all specified columns, then datasets and bookmarks are
sorted by name, whereas snapshots are sorted first by the name of their
dataset and then by the time of their creation.
When no sort columns are specified but snapshots are listed, this
default behavior causes snapshots to be grouped under their datasets in
chronological order by creation time.
.It Fl S Ar property
Same as
.Fl s ,
but sorts by
.Ar property
in descending order.
.It Fl t Ar type
A comma-separated list of types to display, where
.Ar type
is one of
.Sy filesystem ,
.Sy snapshot ,
.Sy volume ,
.Sy bookmark ,
or
.Sy all .
For example, specifying
.Fl t Sy snapshot
displays only snapshots.
.Sy fs ,
.Sy snap ,
or
.Sy vol
can be used as aliases for
.Sy filesystem ,
.Sy snapshot ,
or
.Sy volume .
.El
.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.\" These are, respectively, examples 5 from zfs.8
.\" Make sure to update them bidirectionally
.Ss Example 1 : No Listing ZFS Datasets
The following command lists all active file systems and volumes in the system.
Snapshots are displayed if
.Sy listsnaps Ns = Ns Sy on .
The default is
.Sy off .
See
.Xr zpoolprops 7
for more information on pool properties.
.Bd -literal -compact -offset Ds
.No # Nm zfs Cm list
NAME                      USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT
pool                      450K   457G    18K  /pool
pool/home                 315K   457G    21K  /export/home
pool/home/anne             18K   457G    18K  /export/home/anne
pool/home/bob             276K   457G   276K  /export/home/bob
.Ed
.Ss Example 2 : No Listing ZFS filesystems and snapshots in JSON format
.Bd -literal -compact -offset Ds
.No # Nm zfs Cm list Fl j Fl t Ar filesystem,snapshot | Cm jq
{
  "output_version": {
    "command": "zfs list",
    "vers_major": 0,
    "vers_minor": 1
  },
  "datasets": {
    "pool": {
      "name": "pool",
      "type": "FILESYSTEM",
      "pool": "pool",
      "properties": {
        "used": {
          "value": "290K",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "available": {
          "value": "30.5G",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "referenced": {
          "value": "24K",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "mountpoint": {
          "value": "/pool",
          "source": {
            "type": "DEFAULT",
            "data": "-"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "pool/home": {
      "name": "pool/home",
      "type": "FILESYSTEM",
      "pool": "pool",
      "properties": {
        "used": {
          "value": "48K",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "available": {
          "value": "30.5G",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "referenced": {
          "value": "24K",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "mountpoint": {
          "value": "/mnt/home",
          "source": {
            "type": "LOCAL",
            "data": "-"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "pool/home/bob": {
      "name": "pool/home/bob",
      "type": "FILESYSTEM",
      "pool": "pool",
      "properties": {
        "used": {
          "value": "24K",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "available": {
          "value": "30.5G",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "referenced": {
          "value": "24K",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "mountpoint": {
          "value": "/mnt/home/bob",
          "source": {
            "type": "INHERITED",
            "data": "pool/home"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "pool/home/bob@v1": {
      "name": "pool/home/bob@v1",
      "type": "SNAPSHOT",
      "pool": "pool",
      "dataset": "pool/home/bob",
      "snapshot_name": "v1",
      "properties": {
        "used": {
          "value": "0B",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "available": {
          "value": "-",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "referenced": {
          "value": "24K",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        },
        "mountpoint": {
          "value": "-",
          "source": {
            "type": "NONE",
            "data": "-"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
.Ed
.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr zfsprops 7 ,
.Xr zfs-get 8
